Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Species List: 15-07-2025, Route 66 and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 18 species sighted at Route 66 and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 15-07-2025.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 183 minutes, 1.3 m, maximum depth 4.8 m, 19 C water temperature, 6 m+ viz.

Winter water has lost a little clarity over the past couple of days, hummmm. Despite that' WOW, there were some super finds today!! Finding Thecacera pennigera again brings great joy! A very small Philinopsis speciosa was sighted today as well. 

Species and numbers recorded:

Coryphellina lotos -2
Coryphellina pseudolotos -1
Cratena lineata -3
Cratena pawarshindeorum - 100+
Doto sp. 7 -3
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
Goniodoridella unidonta -3
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Liloa brevis shell -2
Murphydoris cobbi -44
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -1
Rostanga sp. 1 -5
Tenellia sp. 66 -2
Thecacera pennigera -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -3
Unidentia sp. 4 -3

Early temp

Entry

Clarity

Moved marker out away from site

Substrate upon descent

Unidentia sp. 1

Rostanga sp. 1

Float

Murphydoris cobbi 

The Pipe

Unidentia sp. 1

Murphydoris cobbi 

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Substrate

Cratena pawarshindeorum x2

Murphydoris cobbi mating pair

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Unidentia sp. 4 

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Gymnodoris sp. 10

A friend

Gothum City

Goniodoridella savignyi

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Philinopsis speciosa 3mm

Rostanga sp. 1

Cratena lineata

Doto sp. 7

Doto sp. 7

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Unidentia sp. 4 

Tenellia sp. 66

Tenellia sp. 66 spawn

Tenellia sp. 66

Coryphellina lotos

Cratena pawarshindeorum x2

Murphydoris cobbi mating pair

The Icon

Goniodoridella unidonta

Eubranchus sp. 3

Goniodoridella unidonta

Liloa brevis

Coryphellina pseudolotos

Coryphellina pseudolotos

Coryphellina pseudolotos



Substrate

Retusa amphizosta